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David Wakefield was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Crown Commercial Service in September 2014 to chair its Audit Committee. He is also Chair of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. David is a qualified accountant and has …
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David was appointed Deputy Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company (SLC) in 2011 and has twice operated as Interim/Acting Chief Executive during periods of change. Before joining SLC, David held a number of senior posit…
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David Wallace has been Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur since July 2022. He held the role of Acting British High Commissioner to Malaysia (Chargé d’Affaires) from August 2024 to April …
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David Ward arrived in Minsk in September 2024 to take up his appointment as Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Belarus. Before this he was High Commissioner to the Independent State of Samoa. Dav…
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David Williams was appointed as MOD Permanent Secretary in April 2021. David Williams was appointed Second Permanent Secretary for the duration of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in March 2020. David was appointed as Di…
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David Withey joined the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) as CEO in August 2022. David has extensive experience in senior public sector roles in Australia and the UK having started his career in the Northern Ireland…
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David became the Director General of Immigration Enforcement in April 2013. A new command created after the abolition of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), immigration enforcement focuses on those who break our immigration laws. D…
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David became Director of Crime and Intelligence in February 2014. David joined the Home Office in 2006 as Director of Policy for the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. David led on the policy for the criminal justice system…
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Davinder is UK Export Finance’s Director of Strategy, Policy & Climate Change. She has been with UKEF since 2009, and previously led a team of lawyers supporting the department’s civil, energy and infrastructure business…
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Dawn took up the role of Director, People, Capability and Change for DCLG on 17 September 2012. She started her Civil Service career working for the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) as a front line manager and then J…
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Ms Dawn McKen took up the position of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Montenegro in August 2023. Curriculum vitae Dates Role 2022 Global Strategy Programme in International Security and Strategic Leadership, Royal College of Def…
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Dean Churm was appointed as the British Consul and Consular Regional Operations Manager for the South-Central region of the USA in 2011. He is based in Florida but has responsibility for the provision of consular services to…
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Dean Creamer has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Building Digital UK (BDUK) since September 2023. Dean has worked with ministers to deliver government priorities for more than 20 years. His CV includes responsibili…
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Dean Russell was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy between 20 September 2022 and 27 October 2022.
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Debbie Alder was appointed as Director General Corporate Transformation in August 2023, based in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). She has accountability for Estates and Major Change Projects that are internally f…
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Debbie joined BDUK in April 2019 and is Director for Finance and HR. Her responsibilities include managing all of the resource and funding requirements for BDUK. Debbie is a qualified accountant and joined the Civil Service …
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Debbie joined the SIA in April 2025 as the Chief Operating Officer. Debbie joined the SIA from the Home Office, where she worked closely with ministers on a range of issues to improve public safety. This included emergency s…
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Debbie is the Director of Business Frameworks at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. She leads the teams which are responsible for the UK’s company law, accounting standards and corporate governanc…
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Debbie joined Ofsted as Director, Social Care and Regional Director, London in September 2013. Her previous professional experience includes: Executive Director, Children and Young People’s Service, Lambeth Council President…
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Debbie joined DFID in 2001 having previously worked in the private sector. She has extensive experience of delivering programmes across Africa, Asia and Latin America including conflict settings and has worked in policy, cor…
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Debbie Ward is Homes England’s Interim Director for Transformation. Debbie joined Homes England at the end of 2019 and has been responsible for developing the local government capacity centre of excellence. Debbie learned he…
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Deborah was appointed Director of Trade & Investment for Malaysia with effect from 1 February 2017. Background Deborah joined the Civil Service in 1984 and her career has focused largely on trade and investment, with an …
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Deborah Gregory is a member of the Board at the Regulator of Social Housing. She is recently retired having been at Hogan Lovells International LLP (or its predecessor firms) for 40 years (with 33 years as a partner). Debora…
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Deborah Kobewka was appointed as Cluster Lead for Healthcare UK, Lifesciences and Bioeconomy at the Department for International Trade (DIT) in August 2018. Deborah has over 30 years’ experience in healthcare, beginning her …
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Deborah McKenzie joined PHE on 1 April 2013. Career highlights: programme director developing and implementing a number of leadership programmes for the Department of Health associate partner with Accenture, leading a number…
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Deborah McLaughlin joined the Homes and Communities Agency in December 2008. Before this, she was Housing Director, Manchester City Council.
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Deborah McLaughlin joined HM Land Registry as Non-Executive Director in February 2025. She also serves as Chair of Ashton Mayoral Development Zone, Non-Executive Director at Mersey Care NHS Trust and Non-Executive Director o…
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Deborah works at Veritas Investment Management looking after private client portfolios, which she combines with her role as a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Tr…
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Debra has devoted more than 32 years to working in the pensions industry and has a wide range of experience including in-house and outsourced schemes, in both private and public sector schemes. Debra joined the Cabinet Offic…
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Declan Collier is the Chair of the Office of Rail and Road. Previously, Declan was CEO of London City Airport, a role which he held since 2012, and prior to that he was CEO of Dublin Airports Authority for 7 years. He is cur…
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Dehenna Davison was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from 7 September 2022 to 18 September 2023.
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Deirdre Brown is former Deputy Head of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe based in Vienna. She left post in June 2025. Deirdre joined the then Foreign & Commonwealth…
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Deirdre Costigan was appointed Assistant Whip, House of Commons on 7 September 2025. She was elected as the MP for Ealing Southall in July 2024.
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Demis Hassabis was the co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, a neuroscience-inspired AI company, bought by Google in Jan 2014. He is now Vice President of Engineering at Google DeepMind and leads Google’s general AI efforts.
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Denis Keefe joined the FCO in 1982 and has served in Prague (twice) and Nairobi. He spent 3 years as Ambassador to Georgia before joining the Embassy in Moscow in 2010 as the Minister and Deputy Head of Mission. In London he…
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Denis Keefe has been Ambassador to Serbia since June 2014, following 3 years as Ambassador to Georgia, and 4 years as Minister and Deputy Head of Mission in Moscow. Denis joined the UK Foreign Office in 1982. At the British …
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Dennis Hone was appointed Director of Finance and Corporate Services at the Olympic Delivery Authority ( ODA ) in 2006. He became Chief Executive in February 2011, replacing Sir David Higgins, following his appointment as Ch…
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Dennis has over 25 years’ experience in the nuclear industry with a focus on nuclear operations and low level waste management. He started his career as a start-up (commissioning) engineer with DuPont at the Savannah River S…
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Nigel Holmes became Deputy High Commissioner to the Republic of Cameroon in May 2020. Prior to this, he was the Head of the FCO’s National Security Research Group, which leads for the FCDO in understanding terrorism, extremi…
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Oliver Fairlamb is Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Bishkek. He took up his post in May 2025. Oliver joined the Foreign, Commonwealth Office in 2010. He has previously been posted to Ukraine and Moscow, as we…
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Rob Fitzpatrick has been Deputy High Commissioner to Cameroon since September 2023. Prior to Cameroon he has served overseas in Nigeria, South Africa and Afghanistan. In the UK his previous roles include work on Afghanistan,…
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Ben Stride became the UK Deputy High Commissioner to the Republic of Namibia in June 2024. Ben joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2003, and has previously been posted to the British High Commission …
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Derek took up his appointment as Acting Consul-General in Ekaterinburg on 29 March 2018. He is a career diplomat, who has undertaken a range of jobs in the UK and around the world including: 2017 British Embassy Moscow, Depu…
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Derek is a professional economist with interests in competition, regulation and public policy. He started his career in the UK Government Economic Service before working for 15 years as a consultant in the London office of m…
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Derek Ross joined the Student Loans Company (SLC) in 1999. He was appointed to the Executive Board in 2001 and since then has held a number of executive roles. He became Director of Operations in 2010. Before joining SLC, De…
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Derek joined the civil service in 1991 as a casual Administrative Officer working in Looe Jobcentre in Cornwall. He had numerous roles in the early part of his career in different offices across Cornwall, working with empl…
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Dharmash was appointed Non-Executive Director of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Board in February 2024. Dharmash is a venture capitalist, specialising in technology, new business models and finance. He has serve…
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Diana Breeze is the Director of Group HR for Bunzl PLC, the global distribution and outsourcing group. She is a member of their Executive Committee and attends the Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Prior to this, she …
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Diana Brightmore-Armour joined the board of DCLG in February 2011. Career Diana has 30 years of international experience in banking, corporate finance, financial management, treasury and audit, with roles including: Group Tr…